THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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a minimum loss of time, at tlie same 

 time the beekeeper knows his bees 

 are getting good water. 

 Fall Flow- 

 So far there has not been a good 

 flow of nectar from fall flowers in 

 this section. Beekeepers should 

 watch their colonies closely and be 

 certain there are none near the 

 starving point, where much brood 

 has been raised the honey has dis- 

 appeared quite rapidly. 



The poor season is going to hit 

 beekeepers very hard especially 

 where they have to feed much sug- 

 ar, many have to feed already. Re- 

 member though that the man who 



wins out in the bee business, is the 

 man who stays with the bees and 

 has them in shape when the good 

 time does come. 



In last montli's Review I spoke of 

 selling honey below market value. 

 Since then I have heard there are 

 beekeepers selling good comb honey 

 in Lansing for fourteen cents per 

 pound. These men could have se- 

 cured from sixteen to eigliteen cents 

 quite as easily as they secured four- 

 teen. I know others that have se- 

 cured tlie better prices without 

 trouble. Wonder why it is a man 

 will produce an article and then 

 sell it below value. 



The Secretary's Corner 



I 1 GFO. W. WILLIAMS, Redkey, Ind. 

 An Opcii Letter to the Bee-Iveepei's 



Redkey, Ind., Sept. 15, 1914. 



I am constantly receiving letters 

 asking about the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, and the bene- 

 fit it is to the members, I cannot 

 give the time to answer each letter 

 personally, much as I would like to 

 do. but I will try and touch in a 

 general way a few of the very 

 many reasons why every producing 

 beekeeper should join and retain 

 his membership. 



The National body is made up of 

 the various state and local affiliat- 

 ed bodies. The membership fee 

 to both is $1.50, of which $1.00 

 goes to the National and 5 0c goes 

 to your local association. The $1.00 

 pays your National dues, and in ad- 

 dition, pays for one year's subscrip- 

 tion to the Bee-Keepers' Review, in 

 addition to the other benefits that 

 membership will give you. 



The Review is owned and controll- 

 ed by the Association, and is ex- 

 clusively devoted to the beekeepers 

 themselves. 



Every producer needs it to keep 

 posted on what is doing in the honey 

 trade. We help, our members buy 

 their supplies and sell their honey, 

 as you can see by the free list print- 

 ed in each issue of those who have 

 honey for sale. This list has sold 

 many car loads of honey for our 

 members, and helped those who 



want to buy to find what they are 

 looking for. 



It is becoming certain that we 

 can more and more benefit our 

 members as we get a more and more 

 complete enrollment of the producers. 

 All lines of business are taking up 

 tlie Association idea, and profiting 

 by it. 



The educational and social fea- 

 tures are not the least of the ben- 

 efits received. 



If any class of people in the 

 world enjoy getting together and 

 "swapping yarns" more than do 

 beekeepers, I have yet to find 

 them, and the local and state meet- 

 ings give opportunity for tliis social 

 function, while the National body- 

 has to do with the wider business 

 of a general nature. 



The general prevalence of foul 

 brood is rapidly weeding out the 

 "let-alone" beekeepers and the 

 business is getting more and more 

 into the hands of specialists to 

 whom the economical production and 

 profitable marketing is of prime im- 

 portance. In all other lines of pro- 

 duction those interested are using 

 association methods for "boosting 

 their products". The beekeepers 

 have been slow to grasp the pos- 

 sibilities along this line, and as a 

 consequence both the price and 

 consumption of honey have declined. 



